Pelosia

Short description: Genus of moths

Pelosia

Pelosia muscerda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Superfamily:  | Noctuoidea
Family:  | Erebidae
Subfamily:  | Arctiinae
Subtribe:  | Lithosiina
Genus:  | Pelosia
Hübner, 1819[1]
Synonyms

* Samera Wallengren, 1863
* Paidina Staudinger, 1887

Pelosia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.

## Species

* Pelosia amaurobapha (Mabille, 1900)
* Pelosia ankaratrae (Toulgoët, 1954)
* Pelosia angusta (Staudinger, 1887)
* Pelosia hampsoni (Toulgoët, 1960)
* Pelosia meloui (Toulgoët, 1956)
* Pelosia muscerda (Hufnagel, 1766)
* Pelosia nitedula Durante & Panzera, 2002
* Pelosia noctis (Butler, 1881)
* Pelosia obtusa (Herrich-Schäffer, 1852)
* Pelosia obtusoides (Toulgoët, 1954)
* Pelosia plumosa (Mabille, 1900)
* Pelosia ramosula (Staudinger, 1887)
* Pelosia stictigramma (Hampson, 1908)
* Pelosia tanala (Toulgoët, 1956)

## References

1. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Pelosia Hübner, [1819"]. https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/lithosiinae/pelosia/. Retrieved September 21, 2019.

* Derra, Georg & Hermann Hacker, 1983: Pelosia hellenica sp. n. eine neue Lithosiidae art aus Griechenland (Lepidoptera: Lithosiidae). Entomofauna 4 (20): 253–260.
* Okano, M., 1959: A systematic study of the Japanese Lithosiinae (Arctiidae) 2. Tyô to Ga 10 (2): 28–29. Full article: [1].
* Witt, T.J. & L. Ronkay, 2011: Lymantriinae and Arctiinae - Including Phylogeny and Check List of the Quadrifid Noctuoidea of Europe. Noctuidae Europaeae Volume 13: 1–448.

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## External links

* Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Natural History Museum, London. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Arctiidae&sort=GENUS.

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